Arts & Entertainments

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How the 2025 Oscars race could shape up, based on film festivals

The battle to win over Academy Awards voters played out at fancy parties and splashy premieres at international film festivals in Venice, Toronto and Telluride.

By Sonia Rao and Jada Yuan

Ann HornadayMovie Critic

The death of Participant Media is ‘grim news for serious movies’

Review

‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’: Tracking a 1980s tech icon who never existed

By Jen Yamato

Review

In ‘Look Into My Eyes,’ they see dead people, but that’s not all

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Last night’s Emmy Awards felt like a rerun

After “Shogun” broke records at the Creative Arts Emmys earlier in the week, there wasn’t much suspense going into the 2024 Emmy Awards.

By Lili Loofbourow

Lili LoofbourowTelevision Critic

Last night’s Emmy Awards felt like a rerun

The best — and most shocking — moments at the 2024 Emmy Awards

By Sonia Rao, Helena Andrews-Dyer, Anne Branigin, Herb Scribner and Jada Yuan

The list of Emmy winners in 2024

By Olivia McCormack

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Music

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Review

The NSO explores the sound of America in compelling season prologue

At the Kennedy Center, the symphony’s program of Copland, Carlos Simon and Jessie Montgomery considered and reconsidered the sound of American music.

By Michael Andor Brodeur

Michael Andor BrodeurClassical Music Critic

The NSO explores the sound of America in compelling season prologue

Chris RichardsPop Music Critic

Bruce Springsteen is forever. Is America?

The best moments from the MTV VMAs, as Taylor Swift wins big

By Herb Scribner and Samantha Chery

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Frankie Beverly’s eternal backyard, background bliss

By Wil Haygood

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Art

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Column

Impressionism ended up on fridge magnets. It started with bloodshed.

Political violence tore France apart. A group of painters hoped a radical visual language could patch life back together.

By Sebastian Smee

Philip KennicottArt & Architecture Critic

‘The Impressionist Moment’ is a smart, bracing and unmissable art show

Sebastian SmeeArt Critic

Impressionism ended up on fridge magnets. It started with bloodshed.

Review

‘The Impressionist Moment’ is a smart, bracing and unmissable art show

By Philip Kennicott

Review

A mesmerizing ‘data sculpture’ remixes Dvorak at the Kennedy Center

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Elder millennials face off against death. Guess who wins?

Mortality stalks the edges of a 20th high school reunion in “The Comeuppance” by D.C. native Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, now at Woolly Mammoth.

By Naveen Kumar

Review

Billie Holiday builds herself up, then melts down

By Naveen Kumar

Review

When hairstyles serve as armor

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The new PlayStation 5 Pro is $700. Is it worth it?

Sony’s long-awaited PS5 Pro releases Nov. 7. Here’s a buyer’s guide based on what we know so far.

By Gene Park

Gene ParkGaming Critic

The new PlayStation 5 Pro is $700. Is it worth it?

Review

‘Astro Bot’ is the rare perfect video game

By Gene Park

Column

The fall’s most anticipated games show an industry hungry for new players

By Gene Park

‘The Impressionist Moment’ is a smart, bracing and unmissable art show

How the 2025 Oscars race could shape up, based on film festivals

The death of Participant Media is ‘grim news for serious movies’

‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’: Tracking a 1980s tech icon who never existed

In ‘Look Into My Eyes,’ they see dead people, but that’s not all

Last night’s Emmy Awards felt like a rerun

Last night’s Emmy Awards felt like a rerun

The best — and most shocking — moments at the 2024 Emmy Awards

The list of Emmy winners in 2024

The NSO explores the sound of America in compelling season prologue

The NSO explores the sound of America in compelling season prologue

Bruce Springsteen is forever. Is America?

The best moments from the MTV VMAs, as Taylor Swift wins big

Frankie Beverly’s eternal backyard, background bliss

Impressionism ended up on fridge magnets. It started with bloodshed.

‘The Impressionist Moment’ is a smart, bracing and unmissable art show

Impressionism ended up on fridge magnets. It started with bloodshed.

‘The Impressionist Moment’ is a smart, bracing and unmissable art show

A mesmerizing ‘data sculpture’ remixes Dvorak at the Kennedy Center

Elder millennials face off against death. Guess who wins?

Billie Holiday builds herself up, then melts down

When hairstyles serve as armor

The new PlayStation 5 Pro is $700. Is it worth it?

The new PlayStation 5 Pro is $700. Is it worth it?

‘Astro Bot’ is the rare perfect video game

The fall’s most anticipated games show an industry hungry for new players

Donald Trump’s financial failures are stunning. ‘Lucky Loser’ has the receipts.

The best — and most shocking — moments at the 2024 Emmy Awards

‘The Impressionist Moment’ is a smart, bracing and unmissable art show

How the 2025 Oscars race could shape up, based on film festivals

The dark side of Diddy’s American Dream